Baltimore Orioles coach Wayne Kirby has not been informed if he will be coaching first base or third base during the 2012 season. He coached first base in 2011 and has experience coaching third in the minor leagues. The Orioles are expected to finalize their coaching staff within the next week and if Kirby is not selected to coach third, the organization is expected to hire someone who has done the job before.

An industry source reports that the Baltimore Orioles have hired Wayne Kirby to be their new first-base coach and outfield instructor, although the move has not been publicly announced by the team, according to Dan Connolly of The Baltimore Sun.